Seat-cover.



J. L. STEVENSL SEAT COVER.

APPLICATION man DEC.22. 1916.

24m73- muted Apr. 30; 14.918

/ A Namely ia in 'cg' p JOSEPH L. STEVENS, OF STOGKTON, KANSAS.

SEAT-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. Btl, lml.

Application led December 22, 1916. Seria1iNo.'138,402.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LLTEVENS, a citizen. of the United States, residiii'g 'at Stockton, in-the county of Rooks and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful, improvements in Seat-Covers, of which the vfollowing is a' speciication.

Thisinvention has relation to water closet seats, andhas for an object to provide a sanitary protective device in the form of a -watcr closet mat, which is covered with avl temporary cover of paper or the like having an aperture therein, said cover being subsequently removed from the device after use and another substituted. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a mat of the character set forth which may befolded up and lcarried about the perthroughout the several views in which they` appear- Figure 1, movable water closet seat constructed after the manner of my invention.

Fig. Q, is a transverse section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3, is a detail enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of' l"ig. 1.

W ith reference to the. drawings the dcviee comprises a mat designated 1 of rubber or other pliable yielding material` circular in configuration, and severed at one portion of its circumference as indicated at E2. T he upper portion of the mat is provided with a plurality ofl opstanding vertical studs 3.

'lo use the device, a temporary covering ot paper or other material is provided, and comprises a circular upper portion 4 which covers the upper surface Yof the mat. from the outer edge thereof to a distance adjacent the. inner edge, said cover heilig formed with a lower portion 5, which extends be.- neath the. mat, and is provided with a more, or less elliptical aperture G which is iutersccted at one end by an opening 7, coinciding with the opening .2 of the mat. This covering may be formed, in one piece,

is ya view in top plan of a reor may be formed of an upper and va lower portion connected at their circumferential edges. O enings 8are provided in the up per mem er 4 of the covering through which studs 3 pass and whereby said cover -is retained in proper relation to the mat.

ThestudsA adjacent the severed portion 2 of the mat may be connected by means of aresilient band or thelike 9 whereby the mat is retained in proper place. The mat may also be given a tendency to spread outward so as to place the covering under strain,`

and to provide thereby a flat surface. The mat having thus been covered the deviceis laid upon the water closet thereby forming a sanitary cover for the saine and preventing bodily contact with the water closet seat, and the consequent transmission of disease. The outer covering may be subsequently removed and another substituted.

Thus it. will be seen that I have provided a nov'el device which owing to its composition is yielding and adapted to conform to the curvature of a water closet seat, and which is furthermore adapted to be folded and carried about in a hand bag or the like. v`

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A water closet seat cover, including an annular mat of yielding material severed at one point, a temporary removable cover therefor disposed at the lower and upper portions of said mat, means for securing 'said cover to theI mat and means for connectingthe ends of said mat.

- 2. A water closet seat cover, including an annular mat of rubber severed at one point transversely` a temporary removable cover therefor extending partially over the upper surface of the mat.I and entirely therebeneathrsaid cover at its lower portion having an elliptical opening and a radialopening intersecting said elliptical opening, and c0- iiiciding with the `severed portion of th c` mat, means on the mat for securing the cover thercto,` and resilient means for con- -necting the ends of the mat.

coinciding with the severed portion of the mat, means on the mat for securing the cover thereto, and resilient means Jfor connecting the ends of the mat. 5 4. A Water closet seat cover, including an annular mat of rubber or the like, having V one'portion thereof severed transversely, a

' temporary removable cover for the mat including an upper portion partially covering in the top of the mat, and having a plurality of openings, a corresponding number of studs formed integrally with the mat and extending through said openings to retain the cover thereon, said cover having a lower cover extending entirely beneath the mat, 15 and provided with a substantially elliptical opening intersecte'd by a radial opening, said opening coinciding with the Severed ortion of the mat, and a resilient elastic and connecting the ends of the mat. 20

ln testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses JOSEPH L. STEVENS. Witnesses:

JAS. DRYDEN, H. C. SWEET. 

